Ink-bottle



(No Model.)

B. 0. WILSON.

INK BOTTLE.

Paten ted Oct. 26, 71886.

IN VE/V TOR WITNESS S:

' ,2 ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICEO BENNE'I O. \VILSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

INK-BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,679, dated October 26, 1886.

Application filed March 30, 1886. Serial No. 197,165. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENNEr G. 'W'ILsoN, a citizen of the United States, residingat Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Ink-Bottles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 isa vertical section of a bottle, showing my improvements attached to its stopper. Fig. 2 is a like View showing stopper re moved from the bottle and the dipper raised to its mouth or neck, and Fig. .3 is a like view showing position of stopper and dipper during the filling of the bottle. I

My invention has relation to that class of ink bottles, reservoirs,or wells for holding ink or other fluids which have a movable cell or dipper attached to the stopper or lid, and act to dispense with the necessity of dipping or immersing the pen below the leyel of the ink when the bottle is full or nearly full, the dipping of the pen down to the bottom of the bottle when nearly empty, and the consequent soiling of the fingers by the ink getting upon the pen-holder when either one or theother of said operations is performed; and it has for its object simplicity of construction, whereby the dipper can be attachedto a bottle having a cork.

My invention accordingly consists of at taching to the cover or stopper of a bottle or reservoir a rigid or flexible rod constructed as hereinafter described and claimed, at the lower end of which is'secured a dipper, so arranged that when the stopper is in the bottle the dipper is at the bottom of the bottle or immersed in the fluid therein, and when the stopper is removed from the bottle the dipper is raised to and held in the neck of the bottle into which the pen is dipped for its supply of ink for writing or other purposes, instead of dipping it into the bottle, and which does not interfere with filling the bottle.

In the drawings, A represents a bottlc,well, or reservoir for holding ink or other fluids, and B its stopper, cover, or cork. Suitably fastened to the stopper, as shown, or otherwise, as desired, is a wire, 0, having a bend, a, just below the stopper, and another bend, 0, near its lower end, to which is loosely attached, hinged, or pivoted a dipper, D, having, if desired, a lip or finger, d.

-Ihe wire C may be in one piece orbe rigid from end to end, or composed of jointed sections, as shown by dotted lines at, Fig. 2.-

NVhen the cork or stopperBisin the bottle, as shown in Fig. 1, the dipper D then rests upon the bottom of the bottle, or is immersed in the ink or fluid therein.

By removing the stopper the dipper, full of ink, is raised to the mouth or neck of the bottle, being prevented from coming out of the bottle by the lip (Z and held in position by passing the bend a of wire 0 over the edge or rim of the bottle-mouth, as shown in Fig. 2, the cork orstopper then hanging down to one side of the bottle. In filling the latter the bend a of wire 0 is made to engage with the edge of the bottle-month, as shown in Fig. 3, to hold the cork or stopper off of the mouth, so as not to interfere with the filling.

The joint :10 in rod 0 provides for a slight yield between the wire sections to permit the cork to be fully and securely inserted into the bottle as the cork wears, or when the stopper is rigidly secured to the wire,as the rigid wire and stopper would tend to prevent pushing the cork into the bottle after the dipper touches its bottom.

If desired, the dipper-finger d may be dispensed with. andthe invention may be applied to anykind of a bottle, well,or receptacle.

It will be noted that the rod or wire G and dipper D are attached wholly to the cork or stopper B, and have no connection,either pivotal or otherwise,with the bottle.

\Vhat I'claim isl. In combination wit-h a bottle or reservoir, 9c a removable stopper, and a wire atached to and supported by said stopper only, and having at its lower enda dipper and means for holding it upon the edge of the bottle-mouth when raised thereto, substantially as setforth. 5

2. In combination with a bottle or reservoir,

a removable stopper, and a wire, 0, fastened at one end to the stopper and having at its lower end a jointed or loose dipper provided with alip, a, substantially as and for the pur- 0 pose set forth.

3. In combination with a bottle or reservoir, a removable stopper,a wire, 0, made of j ointed sections attached to the stopper, and a dipper secured to the lower end of wire 0, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4, In combination with abottie or reservoir,

a removable stopper, a wire, 0, attached at one 5 end to thestopper, a dipper, D, secured to the lower end of wire 0, and a bond, 0, in said wire for embracing or catching the edge of the month of the bottle to hold the dipper in the bottle-neck when its stopperis removed, subro stantially as set forth. I

5. In combination with a bottle and its stopper, a wire, 0, attached to the stopper and having bends c and c, and a dipper, D. substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signatn re in r 5 presence of two witnesses.

BENNET C. \VILSON. \Vitnesses:

S. J. VAN S'IAVOREN, (h ns. F. VAN HORN. 

